battle readiness
Ready for war
Battle readiness is the state of being prepared for combat or conflict.
Military units achieve battle readiness through training, equipment maintenance, and strategic positioning.
The term extends to any situation requiring immediate preparedness: The campaign team maintained battle readiness through election night.
Also appears as combat readiness.
- fitnessGood physical shape
- locked and loadedFully prepared to fire
- planningArranging for future events
- mission planningPreparing how to achieve objectives
- contingency plansPrepared responses to problems
focus · discipline · coordination · endurance · reconnaissance · strategy · situational awareness · agility · tactics · weaponry · morale · adaptability · resilience · intelligence gathering · war footing · communication systems · armor · strength
- warrior traitsswordsmanship, archery, bravery, valor, honor
- valorbravery, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness
- wartime moralemorale, patriotism, war effort, fighting spirit, national unity
battle readinessunpreparedness
Lacking readiness beforehand
demobilization · disarmament · stand-down · defenselessness · vulnerability
battle readinesscomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
negligence · laxity · carelessness · apathy · relaxation
battle readinessunserviceability
State of being inoperable
inoperability · disrepair · equipment failure · deferred maintenance
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